Art Crime
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Argus Cultural Property Consultants Wins State Department Contract to Build AI Tool Against Art and Antiquities Trafficking
Read more: Argus Cultural Property Consultants Wins State Department Contract to Build AI Tool Against Art and Antiquities TraffickingArgus and PARCS Solutions will develop and test an app to help customs officers and investigators know what they are looking at WASHINGTON, D.C. — Argus Cultural Property Consultants, a leader in cultural heritage protection, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of State to develop and test a prototype artificial intelligence-powered app…
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A Steward’s Guide to Insurance vs. Fair Market Value Appraisals
Read more: A Steward’s Guide to Insurance vs. Fair Market Value AppraisalsBy Elizabeth Ruffner, ISA, AM – Fine Art, Ruffner Art Advisory* Understanding the Difference Between Retail Replacement Value and Fair Market Value Can Save Your Collection—and Your Taxes Ask what a painting or fine artwork is worth, and a qualified appraiser will answer with a question of their own: worth to whom, for what purpose,…
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Stolen Dignity and the Meaning of Justice
Read more: Stolen Dignity and the Meaning of JusticeArgus founder and managing partner Tim Carpenter will give a lecture at Museum at Texas Tech University on “Stolen Dignity and the Meaning of Justice.” Drawing on decades of experience investigating cultural heritage crimes, Carpenter will examine the theft and desecration of Indigenous cultural heritage, particularly human remains, not simply as violations of law but…
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Recent Thefts in Italy Spotlight Museum Security Vulnerabilities
Read more: Recent Thefts in Italy Spotlight Museum Security VulnerabilitiesIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. With apologies to Dickens, this phrase could well describe the past month for the TPC, the Italian Carabinieri’s elite art theft unit. On August 14, the TPC announced the successful recovery of three pieces of artwork which had been stolen last March during a late-night smash-and-grab…
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Thirteen Perfect Fugitives
Read more: Thirteen Perfect FugitivesAs St. Patrick’s Day festivities in 1990 were winding down in Boston, thirteen pieces of artwork were plucked from the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by two subjects posing as police officers. In eighty-one minutes, they stole some of the world’s most valuable pieces of artwork, including a rare Vermeer and Rembrandt’s only…
Latest News
- Argus Cultural Property Consultants Wins State Department Contract to Build AI Tool Against Art and Antiquities Trafficking
- A Steward’s Guide to Insurance vs. Fair Market Value Appraisals
- Argus Experts Lead Cultural Heritage Protection Workshops in Uzbekistan
- Recent Thefts in Italy Spotlight Museum Security Vulnerabilities
- What We Learned from the Louvre Heist: Think Like a Thief